“father.”
It’s time to throw the odds.
“I don’t want to marry a stranger I didn't even know where they came from.” Nadia looked straight into his eyes and said.
“Don't be stupid. If you quietly married Lee Ji-ho, you would have been able to remain in the prosperous capital! Do you have an idea what the North is like… … !”
The duke, who had been yelling in anger, suddenly stopped talking. Now, he realized that nothing would change if he tried to solve it using his anger.
“Ha… … .” Taking a deep breath, he rubbed his forehead and spoke again.
“So, you mean the Marquis of Winterfell is better in your opinion? I don't know what that man had to do with you.”
“Father, I knew that the Marquis Winterfell hates you. There is no way that he will accept me as his wife, a lady who is a daughter of the person he hates but father, do you have any specific plans on how to get him married?”
“… ”
At that moment, Duke Balajit’s mouth was tightly shut.
Nadia shouted cheers in her heart.
‘After all, it was a situation where there was no sharp way!’
It takes about a year to put a shackles called marriage on the Marquis of Winterfell, even after Nadia and Lee Ji-ho got engaged.
What she decided to do was that considering her father’s disposition, which had to be done at once, his father couldn’t think of anything else for now. Of course, after more than a year of under-the-hood work, he succeeded in getting his person into the Winterfell Household, but for now, the future is uncertain.
Nadia had to dig the discussion to convince her father.
“You have to grow the board. We need to get a people from all over the country to be get interested in this wedding. There’s no better event than a triumph to get people’s attention.”
“… .”
“After the Triumph Ceremony, if His Highness gives an order to make him marry using his command, The Marquis will not dare to refuse. If he tried to refuse the king’s command while the whole nation is watching with interest, his loyalty will be questioned.”
The king is just a puppet. In fact, it was more like to say that there was no Lords loyal to the king.
The real problem is not the sincerity, but the thought of those other Lords who will used the words of ‘disloyal to the king’ to bring someone down.
In other word, this is the era of local warlords fighting for each other’s interests.
The Marquis of Winterfell would not risk himself and become a public enemy.
Duke Balajit, unable to find anything to refute, answered in a more relaxed voice.
“… Your words make sense. But if that happens, the thing that gets the most attention in this improvement ceremony will be your marriage proposal. What are you going to do about that?”
“Give me a moment of honor. Isn’t it more important to prevent any possible rebellion?”
“… .”
Those corrupt nobles, a power that controls by a foolish king, and lastly, a messy situation.
There were numerous precedents for local lords who were dissatisfied with the messed up central political system and revolted. Among them, there are cases where the era actually changed.
